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Ask HN: Real Estate Devs, how did you acquire MLS listings?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10341118As those familiar with RE know, regional MLSes are the central hub for local property listings and the golden hoard of data protected by the dragon that is the local realty association.Getting an API key (from what I can tell) requires getting licensed as a REALTOR, finding a licensed broker to hire you, etc, etc.Are there any developers on HN who have built a RE app and would like to share their experiences? Did you pay for an API key, work out a deal with a broker, or what?I'd be much obliged for any help or advice. Thanks HN!Oct 6, 2015 6:22 PM
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Ask HN: Staying Happyhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10104051I really remember it, back to the time when i was in college, i have so much tasks. I needed to attend campus club. Lots of assignment. But the fact i was happy still surprises me.It has been ~1.5 years since i graduated from my college and got to work as a software engineer. I got decent job with decent salary (at least pretty good in my area). The workplace itself considered as a "fun" environment: sleeping pod, ping pong table, coffee machine and no cubicles. Also, workload is lighter than class assignments. But it seems like i am not happy anymore -- i don't know why. (Btw, yes, i do love coding. I do some of my pet projects in weekend)I tried to do so much things (to try) making myself happier: Cycling around the city, playing some game with friends; but none of them seems to be working.After all, i want to create happiness, not to "do something" or "buy something" to make myself happy. I know happiness is intrinsic and subjective. Two persons doing a same thing may perceive that Aug 22, 2015 10:41 PM
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How To Leave A Legacy Where You Workhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8a41e8ed4a4b92bbf2902695b6c045&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fnextavenue%2F2015%2F08%2F12%2Fhow-to-leave-a-legacy-where-you-work%2F&c=1253238670922377572&mkt=en-usAlmost everyone wants to leave some sort of a legacy — to be remembered for something meaningful. In my work with organizations that have employees looking toward retirement or encore careers, lately ...Aug 12, 2015 7:08 AM
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Ask HN: Blockchainshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10032099More and more noise seems to be appearing about blockchains. I see the small benefit of use in transactions between organisations, but am struggling for the case for private blockchains and some points of cryptocurrency in general. I don’t know if this is the best place to ask, but everything online is full of jargon and is inaccessible to me.I have a few questions:- What are the benefits of using a private blockchain (should I be thinking of it as a replacement to a General Ledger?)? Is this just another name for a ledger with auditable history?- Can a blockchain exist without mining or without a currency/coin? Will all private blockchains need a “coin”? (eg the Goldman Sachs coin or ABC plumbing coin?)And another couple of broader questions- What keeps people interested in a blockchain (and currency) once all of the easy mining is done eg, for people joining later?- I see that transaction costs for bitcoin keep rising, is that related to the size of the blockchain?- I thought bitcoinAug 10, 2015 12:27 AM
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MacOS is the new Windowshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9816994I'm typing this on my late 2010 MacBook Air. Recently I was starting having problems with it (you know when you type your password and the system does not recognize your key presses, etc.). And I thought, “Oh, ok, I have to accept that we live in a world of planned obsolesce (how else faster-than-a-gigahertz multi-gigabyte-RAM machine could become slow? If it is capable of real-time response to user's actions, it should respond in real-time) and I have to upgrade to get my job done”.So I switched to this new aesthetically marvelous wonder: an early 2015 13 inch MacBook Pro. In 5 days I'm using it the machine restarted two (or three?) times "because of problems" though it has much less software installed than my old rock-stable-in-comparison MacBook Air. And now I'm installing an OS update which already restarted my system twice. First it restarted the system, than it said, “Ooops, I cannot verify the update”, fiddled with it for several more minutes, restarted-downloaded-restarted... WJul 2, 2015 5:20 AM
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Federal Narcotics Czarhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8be995e7ec4b4bbae669db4dd00a8d&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenation.com%2Farticle%2Farchive%2Ffederal-narcotics-czar%2F&c=3720811423974281215&mkt=en-usThank you for signing up for The Nation’s weekly newsletter. By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional promotional ...Jun 29, 2015 2:35 AM
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Show HN: Minimalist HN reader with material designhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9755681Hello everyone!, this is a app I have being working on recently. I know there are number of HN readers on android. But couldn't find a one suitable for daily use. So I started developing this app. News articles, comments open in default browser of the device. Click on title of the item to open the article and anywhere else to open comments. Pull down to refresh. Swipe left and right to change the tabs. This is only the first phase of application. Lot of functions yet to be implement (you can read more in Google play listing). Before developing further I would love to have some feedback. BTW I'm a CS undergraduate.Thank you.Image :http://www.kasungamlath.com/assets/hnyc_framed.png Application :https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kasungamlath.hackernewsAny feedback is appreciated, thanks!Jun 22, 2015 1:12 AM
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A History of the Hot Takehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cb21dde17439685606efe9ae33de7&url=https%3A%2F%2Fnewrepublic.com%2Farticle%2F121501%2Fhistory-hot-take&c=1372730403340857789&mkt=en-usSlate editor-in-chief Julia Turner responded with a stirring defense of “the most unfashionable thing in journalism.” Because the internet offers so much information, “readers are more reliant than ...Apr 11, 2015 5:00 PM
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The Science of Near-Death Experienceshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8911604e84469f84242b9ca7549533&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theatlantic.com%2Fmagazine%2Farchive%2F2015%2F04%2Fthe-science-of-near-death-experiences%2F386231%2F&c=4254492199241737479&mkt=en-usNear-death experiences have gotten a lot of attention lately. The 2014 movie Heaven Is for Real, about a young boy who told his parents he had visited heaven while he was having emergency surgery, ...Mar 16, 2015 5:25 PM
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Potentials for Wallpaper market in India until 2018http://www.marketreportsonindia.com/consumer-goods-market-research-reports-11561/wallpaper-marketdia-forecasts.htmlIndia has always had a giant industry for home decor stuffs, wallpapers are one of the most in demand among them. This report is an independent complete coverage of the niche and its market share in the Indian markets. It indicates the present trends and also puts through most likely trends for the industry until 2018. Therefore, the report is an essential "must have" document for the wallpaper industry business indulgers from India.Jan 24, 2015 12:20 PM
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Ask HN: Finding a technical lead in Cambridge, MA?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8675900Over the last several months, I have tested and validated a business opportunity in the legal space. Customers are very interested - 4 or the last 5 have asked to be part of a paid Beta as soon as possible. I'd like to get something workable into customers hands as soon as possible, but am hamstrung by my technical skills.I'm by background and skillset much more business than technically oriented. I know enough Python/Django to be dangerous and have built a working proof-of-concept / demo. However, I know when I'm at the limit of my capabilities, and to take it from POC to working product, would like to bring on someone to help buildout a real product.Some of the problems that need to be solved for (many of which I've been dealing with in one capacity or another): - web scraping. Done mostly with BeautifulSoup to date + lots of custom regexes. There are a lot of corner cases to deal with. - regularly scraping 10,000s of pages and watching for changes on those pages - entity and person Nov 30, 2014 3:42 AM
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Used Car Valuation – Free Online Price Checkhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a89aaf2c3564e228bbfc2b63fa25bfb&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zigwheels.com%2Fused-car-valuation&c=11824609588268388295&mkt=en-usZigwheels uses its years of automobile industry experience and dealer relationships to provide the customers with the best used car valuation Engine. Whether your are a buyer or a seller, our used car ...Oct 19, 2014 5:41 AM
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Show HN: Free Satellite Broadcasts of Wikipedia and Project Gutenberg eBookshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8167773For the last 6-months, we've been working on a way to offer free access to content that is normally found online. We are now live and broadcasting data to all of North America, Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East (it's an MVP, so a very tiny channel). By October we will be on 7 different satellites and will have full global coverage. The link and video below offers a quick overview on the components and process necessary to receive Outernet's signal. The video in the link shows the user's equipment and system in action. If you already have a Ku-band dish and receiver, you can see our blinking logo on Galaxy 19 and Hotbird.North America: Galaxy 19 (97.0°W) 12,177 V 23,000 3/4 Europe: HotBird (13.0°E) 11,470 V 27,500 5/6If you have a DVB-S tuner from the following list and a Raspberry Pi, the GitHub-page has instructions on how to put your own ORx (Outernet receiver) together.https://www.outernet.is/pages/how-tohttps://github.com/Outernet-Project/orx-install/blob/master/README.mkdhAug 12, 2014 2:08 PM
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Three Advantages Successful People Have That You Can Cultivate Toohttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cb66a7c8946d88333cb545d3b70c8&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fruchikatulshyan%2F2014%2F08%2F05%2F3-advantages-successful-people-have-that-you-can-cultivate-too%2F&c=2820289621027833306&mkt=en-usSuccessful people have obvious advantages over the rest of us. These range from being born into a wealthy family to education, gender, race and even having nurturing parents. But if we were to put ...Aug 5, 2014 8:27 AM
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Peace Corps Volunteers in Their Own Wordshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8aa12897e34757b8b7545c88e713e7&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Finteractive%2F2014%2F07%2F25%2Fworld%2Fpeace-corps-stories.html&c=5908059088113757429&mkt=en-usThe Peace Corps faces a number of challenges beyond the health care problems outlined in Sheryl Gay Stolberg’s Times article as it works to remake itself in the modern era. To reflect the diversity of ...Jul 25, 2014 11:49 AM
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Peace Corps Volunteers in Their Own Wordshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a894a12eafd455fa6b6510401d92e5f&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Finteractive%2F2014%2F07%2F25%2Fworld%2Fpeace-corps-stories.html&c=5908059088113757429&mkt=en-usThe Peace Corps faces a number of challenges beyond the health care problems outlined in Sheryl Gay Stolberg’s Times article as it works to remake itself in the modern era. To reflect the diversity of ...Jul 25, 2014 11:49 AM
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Job Seekers: Use Recommendation Letters To Give Yourself An Edgehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8ad4559f5344c78cc204580b7cf004&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Flisaquast%2F2014%2F07%2F14%2Fjob-seekers-use-recommendation-letters-to-give-yourself-an-edge%2F&c=16225868306189191489&mkt=en-us“Are you serious?” my twenty-two year old client Brittany (named changed) said, and then rolled her eyes. “You’re going to make me ask people to write recommendation letters? I thought that was ...Jul 14, 2014 12:00 AM
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Job Seekers: Use Recommendation Letters To Give Yourself An Edgehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8a41e76fbb42469880e00bc0a17f46&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Flisaquast%2F2014%2F07%2F14%2Fjob-seekers-use-recommendation-letters-to-give-yourself-an-edge%2F&c=16225868306189191489&mkt=en-us“Are you serious?” my twenty-two year old client Brittany (named changed) said, and then rolled her eyes. “You’re going to make me ask people to write recommendation letters? I thought that was ...Jul 14, 2014 12:00 AM
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How to Safety Wire Your Bolts - Tight Wirehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a898c588a63470591fedb2db3afd40b&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.motortrend.com%2Fhow-to%2F1408-how-to-safety-wire-your-bolts-tight&c=14686166490884914584&mkt=en-usThere are some things done in the racing world that translate well to our street cars and many of these involve safety. After all, it's just as bad to have something go wrong when cutting though a ...Jun 16, 2014 5:00 PM
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Bitcoin Across America (Running from Miami to SF) almost finished.https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7853209Hi HN,On January 26th, I took off running from Miami Beach, Florida with the goal of running all the way to San Francisco. I did this to raise awareness for the homeless epidemic in America and Bitcoin.I know that sounds weird, but it makes more sense when you know I run a crypto currency funded homeless outreach.Anyway. I just made it into Sunnyvale. Will be in Mountain View soon. Frolicking up El Camino Real, as I'm not actually supposed to be in San Francisco until Saturday at 4pm (Finishing at Bitpay Office / Att Park). Anyone who wants to talk bitcoin, distance running, or homelessness is welcome to hit me up.Now you know.JasonJun 5, 2014 6:00 PM
